Business Case Contracts in the North of England

Business Cases
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Business Case skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Case over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 106 145
Rank change year-on-year -10 +39 -55
Contract jobs citing Business Case 69 101 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.42% 1.86% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 2.06% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 82 79
10th Percentile £373 £398 £344
25th Percentile £447 £452 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £487
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +12.94% -11.45%
75th Percentile £641 £619 £553
90th Percentile £719 £699 £638
England median daily rate £550 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - £32.00 £21.78
25th Percentile £26.25 £35.00 £22.59
Median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +33.33% +28.15%
75th Percentile £28.75 £53.00 £36.88
90th Percentile - £60.80 £45.10
England median hourly rate £25.25 £62.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -59.60% +78.57% +30.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Business Case falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,055 4,902 6,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 83.69% 90.08% 88.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,411 3,372 4,591
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £669 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 209 251
10th Percentile £11.09 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.55 £15.75 £13.57
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.00 £19.09
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +30.96% +7.43%
75th Percentile £46.18 £43.39 £34.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £56.38 £63.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Business Case as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Business Case in the North of England

Business Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Case in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Business Case in the North of England

Business Case
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Case in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Case in the North of England

Business Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Case in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Case in the North of England

Business Case
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Case within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +10 55 £575 +15.00% 37
Yorkshire -10 10 £538 -2.27% 20
North East +8 3 £897 +81.20% 6
Business Case
England

Business Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.90%) SAP CO
2 2 (2.90%) SAP FI
2 2 (2.90%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.70%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (5.80%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.35%) AWS
4 2 (2.90%) SaaS
4 2 (2.90%) SAP Fieldglass
5 1 (1.45%) Azure
5 1 (1.45%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.45%) GitHub
5 1 (1.45%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.35%) Skype
2 1 (1.45%) GSM
2 1 (1.45%) LAN
2 1 (1.45%) MQTT
2 1 (1.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.80%) Power BI
2 3 (4.35%) Tableau
3 1 (1.45%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.45%) Bitbucket Server
1 1 (1.45%) Cucumber
1 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.45%) JIRA
1 1 (1.45%) JMeter
1 1 (1.45%) Selenium
General
1 22 (31.88%) Finance
2 15 (21.74%) Social Skills
3 12 (17.39%) Public Sector
4 9 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (11.59%) Manufacturing
5 8 (11.59%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (5.80%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (5.80%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (4.35%) Banking
7 3 (4.35%) Police
8 2 (2.90%) General Ledger
8 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.90%) Local Government
9 1 (1.45%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (26.09%) Project Manager
2 12 (17.39%) Lead
3 8 (11.59%) Analyst
3 8 (11.59%) Business Analyst
4 6 (8.70%) Architect
4 6 (8.70%) Business Manager
5 5 (7.25%) Senior
6 4 (5.80%) Security Manager
6 4 (5.80%) Security Project Manager
7 3 (4.35%) Business Architect
7 3 (4.35%) Business Change Manager
7 3 (4.35%) Change Manager
7 3 (4.35%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (4.35%) Programme Manager
8 2 (2.90%) IT Manager
8 2 (2.90%) IT Project Manager
8 2 (2.90%) Senior Business Analyst
8 2 (2.90%) Senior Manager
8 2 (2.90%) Senior Project Manager
8 2 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.14%) Management Information System
2 6 (8.70%) Industry 4.0
2 6 (8.70%) IoT
2 6 (8.70%) Robotics
3 3 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.90%) NHS
4 2 (2.90%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.90%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.45%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.45%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.45%) Windows
1 1 (1.45%) Windows 10
1 1 (1.45%) Windows 8
1 1 (1.45%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (26.09%) Roadmaps
3 17 (24.64%) Change Management
4 16 (23.19%) Project Management
5 12 (17.39%) Agile
5 12 (17.39%) Service Delivery
6 10 (14.49%) Project Delivery
6 10 (14.49%) Use Case
7 9 (13.04%) Decision-Making
7 9 (13.04%) People Management
8 8 (11.59%) Artificial Intelligence
8 8 (11.59%) Business Analysis
8 8 (11.59%) Cloud Security
8 8 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (11.59%) Workshop Facilitation
9 7 (10.14%) Data Strategy
9 7 (10.14%) Impact Assessments
9 7 (10.14%) Programme Management
9 7 (10.14%) Risk Management
10 6 (8.70%) Pricing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.45%) Java
1 1 (1.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (17.39%) Degree
2 8 (11.59%) CISSP
2 8 (11.59%) SC Cleared
2 8 (11.59%) Security Cleared
3 6 (8.70%) CISA
3 6 (8.70%) CISM
3 6 (8.70%) Master's Degree
3 6 (8.70%) MBA
4 2 (2.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (2.90%) AWS Certification
4 2 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.49%) SLA
2 7 (10.14%) PMO
3 2 (2.90%) P3O
3 2 (2.90%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.80%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.45%) Docker
2 1 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.45%) SCCM
1 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.80%) SAP
3 1 (1.45%) Logitech
3 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow